University of Seoul

The University of Seoul (UOS; Korean: 서울시립대학교, lit. 'Municipal University of Seoul') is a municipal public university in Seoul, South Korea. UOS is famous in South Korea for a large number of alumni working as national or municipal government officials. UOS is specialized in urban science and has top-tier programs environmental engineering, taxation, transportation engineering, urban planning and design, landscape architecture, and urban administration.

Not to be confused with Seoul National University.

University of Seoul
서울시립대학교
Motto진리·창조·봉사 (眞理·創造·奉仕)
Motto in English
Truth, Creation, Public Service
TypePublic
EstablishedMay 1, 1918 (1918-05-01)
PresidentWon Yong-kul
Academic staff
448 (2022)[1]
Administrative staff
265 (2022)[1]
Students11,613 (2022)[1]
Undergraduates8,674 (2022)[1]
Postgraduates2,939 (2022)[1]
Location
Seoul
,
South Korea
CampusUrban (66.87 acres)
Colors  Blue
NicknameSiripdae (시립대·市立大)
AffiliationsAALAU
MascotHawk
Websitewww.uos.ac.kr/en/ (in English)
www.uos.ac.kr (in Korean)
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeoul Sirip Daehakgyo
McCune–ReischauerSŏul Shirip Taehakkyo

UOS is a public university funded and supported by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Academic programs of UOS have been set to support necessities of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Hence, UOS functions as a think-tank in formulating and supporting the major policy goals of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, along with basic research and education. UOS has a goal of becoming an international center for the urban sciences.

History

The University of Seoul was founded as Kyung Sung Public Agricultural College in 1918 and renamed as University of Seoul in 1987. In 2012, the mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon, implemented a campaign promise, "Half-priced tuition" as soon as he started his term. The half-priced tuition was initiated in UOS first so that it would drive other universities to decrease their tuition. In 2013, UOS tuition per semester ranged from $915 to $1,441 (two semesters a year, 1,117.3 won/$ in 2013).[2] Because of high quality of education and low tuition of UOS, admission process has been more competitive.[3]

  • 1918 Founded as Kyung Sung Public Agricultural College
  • 1956 Promoted to four-year college and renamed Seoul Agricultural College
  • 1974 Reorganized as Seoul Industrial University
  • 1981 Renamed Seoul City University
  • 1987 Renamed as University of Seoul and promoted to comprehensive university (4 colleges and 22 departments)

Faculty and students

Because the Seoul Metropolitan Government supported 70% of an annual budget, UOS is one of the best value public universities. UOS has the lowest student-faculty ratio, the highest financial investment per student, and the highest rate of scholarship recipients in South Korea. In addition, most administrative staff in UOS are affiliated in the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

Many UOS students think that they take a lot of financial and educational benefits from the Seoul government, so they feel obligated to participate in social works. Number of social work volunteers in 2012 was 3,105 and is expected to increase.[4][5]

Student satisfaction is relatively very high. In 2012, the registration rate of new students was very high (96%) and the withdrawal rate of students was extremely low (0.97%), compared with other universities in Seoul.[6]

Community outreach

UOS has long been providing services for Seoul and citizens of Seoul. In particular, UOS provides a diverse range of training programs for the municipal officials, national government officials, and experts in the public sector. From 1997, UOS provides Seoul citizens with lifelong education in UOS Open University located near the Gwanghwa Gate in central Seoul. UOS Open University provides a broad range of education programs including languages, technologies, Seoul Study, and various cultural activities. UOS has vocational and educational programs for more than 5,000 Seoulites annually in the Continuing Education Center. The Social Welfare Center located in the main campus provides a wide range of social services for more than 100,000 senior citizens and disabled citizens a year.

Academics

Colleges

College of Public affairs and Economics

  • Department of Public Administration
  • Department of International Relations
  • School of Economics
  • Department of Social Welfare
  • Department of Science in Taxation

College of Business Administration

  • School of Business Administration

College of Engineering

  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical and Information Engineering
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Department of Artificial Intelligence

College of Humanities

  • Department of English Language and Literature
  • Department of Korea Language and Literature
  • Department of Korean History
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Chinese Language and Culture

College of Natural Science

  • Department of Environmental Horticulture
  • Department of Statistics
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Life Science
  • Department of Convergence and Applied Chemistry

College of Urban Science

  • Department of Urban Administration
  • Department of Urban Sociology
  • Department of Architectural Engineering
  • Department of Architecture
  • Department of Urban Planning and Design
  • Department of Transportation Engineering
  • Department of Landscape Architecture
  • School of Environmental Engineering
  • Department of Geoinformatics

College of Arts and Physical Education

  • Department of Design
  • Department of Environmental Sculpture
  • Department of Music
  • Department of Sports Sciences

College of Liberal Arts and Cross-Disciplinary Studies

  • School of Liberal Studies
  • School of Cross-disciplinary Studies
  • School of Liberal Arts Education

Graduate school

The Graduate School has 40 courses for master's degrees and 37 courses for doctoral degrees. In addition, there's specialized graduate schools as follows.

  • Graduate School of Science in Taxation
  • Graduate School of Design
  • University of Seoul Law School
  • Graduate School of Urban Sciences
  • Graduate School of Business Administration
  • Graduate School of Science and Technology
  • Graduate School of Education
  • International School of Urban Sciences
  • Graduate School of Urban Health

University rankings
University rankings
Global – Overall
CWUR World[7]900
QS World[8]801–1000
THE World[9]1001+
USNWR Global[10]635
Regional – Overall
QS Asia[11]112
THE Asia[12]201–250

In 2012, UOS was ranked as one of top three among universities that do not have a medical school.[13] According to 2015 report from The Times Higher Education, UOS ranked 7th among all the Korean universities and 49th among all the Asian universities.[14][15] In another survey, UOS ranked 14th in the Asian midsize universities.[16] UOS was reported the best value public university in Korea,[17] with high financial investment and scholarship amount per student. Students' affinity to the school was ranked in the first place and students' satisfaction is in the second place according to a 2010 survey.[18]

See also

References
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